By Patricia Hall, Fairfax Family Fun Fans of theme parks -- and the holidays -- rejoice! If you can't get enough of roller coasters and other thrilling experiences, family rides, entertaining shows, and other fun you can expect from a theme park, you have another choice now in the winter months. Kings Dominion WinterFest debuts in 2018, and we have a sneak peak for you! For the first time ever, in 2018 Kings Dominion is hosting Continue Reading...
Holidays at Theme Parks
By Patricia Hall, FairfaxFamilyFun.com Can't get enough of theme parks? Don't let winter get in the way! Summer may be the best season to enjoy theme parks in full, but in winter you still can enjoy some rides and special attractions. The holiday season also puts the parks in a new light, literally, with thousands of sparkling, dazzling lights, festive decorations, and gorgeous scenes. Although dates and hours are limited and not all rides may Continue Reading...
Win Kings Dominion tickets and goodies!
Fall is here, and the temperatures are just cool enough to enjoy time outside without the summer crowds. In other words, it's a pretty good time to visit a theme park! At The Great Pumpkin Fest at King's Dominion, you can enjoy rides and attractions along with special fall- and Halloween-themed activities. The Kings Dominion Great Pumpkin Fest is going on now through October 29, 2017, and there is much to love about it, including special live Continue Reading...
Enjoy silly, not spooky, fun at Busch Gardens Spooktacular
By Patricia Hall, Fairfax Family Fun If your kids are lamenting that summer is gone and that means no more trips to a theme park, it's time to hit the road: In the fall, you can still enjoy family fun at Busch Gardens Williamsburg, which opens briefly for the season. At night, its popular Howl-O-Scream event turns the park into a scary place, but during the day, you can enjoy silly, not-too-spooky fun with The Count's Continue Reading...
Halloween thrills at 10 Mid-Atlantic theme parks
By Patricia Hall, FairfaxFamilyFun.com In southern states and other areas where it’s warm year-round, you can go to a theme park pretty much at any time. Not so in the mid-Atlantic, where chilly temperatures mean theme parks are seasonal and most shut down after summer. Even so, many open back up for the fall with special Halloween events. Although dates and hours are limited and not all rides may be operating, these now Halloween theme parks Continue Reading...
14 things to love about the Kings Dominion Great Pumpkin Fest
Thanks to Kings Dominion for hosting us to explore The Great Pumpkin Fest and share our experiences! By Patricia Hall, Fairfax Family Fun Fall is here, and for kids that means time for autumn activities like painting a pumpkin and going through a hay maze… stuff you can do at a theme park, right? At Kings Dominion you can do that now because The Great Pumpkin Fest is here! Each year the park opens for a few weekends in the fall so kids and Continue Reading...
DC, take a vacation! Busch Gardens has a deal for you!
Hey, local folks... you need a vacation! Says who? Says the U. S. Travel Association, which conducted a recent survey that revealed that people in and around the nation's capital left more than 17.3 million vacation days "on the table" last year. In response, Busch Gardens® and Water Country USA® in Williamsburg, Virginia, want to help you out. To encourage Washingtonians to take time away from work this summer and enjoy family fun, the park is Continue Reading...
Summer fun: What’s new at Busch Gardens Williamsburg
By Patricia Hall, Fairfax Family Fun Memorial Day weekend is here! This means the unofficial start of summer, and with it, the opening of theme parks. While there are no theme parks right in Northern Virginia, there are some great ones just a short drive away, including the beautiful and world-class Busch Gardens Williamsburg. The award-winning park is always fun and with more to do in a day than there are enough hours. And still the park Continue Reading...
Enjoy a Taste of Virginia at Kings Dominion
Thanks to Kings Dominion for inviting us to the first of three Taste of Virginia weekends! By Patricia Hall, Fairfax Family Fun Virginia is for lovers – food lovers, wine lovers, beer lovers, and roller coaster lovers. This is the message (also displayed on assorted T-shirts you can buy) Kings Dominion is sharing with its “Taste of Virginia” event. The theme park is celebrating the foods and drinks of the commonwealth’s regions along with Continue Reading...
Diggerland: a day of construction-themed family fun
Thanks to Diggerland USA for hosting our visit! By Patricia Hall, Fairfax Family Fun The fact that kids love trucks is no secret. This love is why “construction worker” is a popular Halloween costume and pretend-play prop, and why touch-a-truck events are so popular. What may be lesser-known, though not really a secret, is that there is a place where kids actually can operate and even drive real trucks. Diggerland USA in West Berlin, New Continue Reading...
